Sansad Chalo march
| Part of 2026 Delhi Jantar Mantar Protests | |
| Date | 20 July 2026 |
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| Venue | Parliament House, New Delhi |
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The Sansad Chalo march (lit. 'Walk to Parliament march') was a political march organised by the Indian youth movement Cockroach Janta Party on 20 July 2026, demanding accountability for national competitive examination paper leaks and the resignation of Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan. The march originated from an ongoing sit-in at Jantar Mantar and coincided with the opening of Parliament's Monsoon Session. Despite prohibitory orders banning assemblies of five or more people in New Delhi, tens of thousands of people participated in the march towards the Parliament of India.
Police response to the march was criticized by press investigations, human rights groups, opposition politicians, and public figures as disproportionate, involving baton charges, tear gas, and pellet gun against protestors. Multiple Indian media investigations, later corroborated by fact-checkers, documented officers using nail-fitted batons and directly assaulting protestors, including women. Delhi police also alleged that some protestors pelted stones and damaged vehicles, though CJP disputed the extent and origin of this, pointing to a truck of stones near the protest site that police later confirmed had been in their custody days earlier.
The march ended on the evening of 20 July following the police response, though protestors reconvened at Jantar Mantar the following day after police dismantled the protest stage, and broader sit-in continued untill Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation on 25 July 2026.